Bryce Martin wrote: <snip> I hope you can help with a little problem I've got with my nvidia display driver. I used YOU to update my nvidia driver, but the next time I rebooted, the resolution had completely gone. I'm guessing that this means the driver is no longer properly loaded. I have looked into this a little bit and I think I need to boot into run level 3 or switch to it. How do I switch to run level 3? I then need to remove the nvidia driver with the command ("rmmod nvidia") and then somehow reload the driver. I know how to execute the rmmod nvidia command from a command line. Where is the nvidia driver installer kept on my system so I can run it? If you can answer these questions for me I would be most grateful. Kind regards, Bryce <snip>
Hi Bryce,
There is a linux nvidia installer called NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run that you need to run. If you don't have it or can't find it, then you can download it from http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_1.0-5336.html . You will also find a link to A SUSE NVIDIA installer HOWTO document underneath the download link that explains what to do. I'm assuming that you aren't using a 64-bit processor. If you are, then go to http://www.nvidia.com and follow the relevant links.
Whenever I've been in your current pedicament I've done the following -
1. Log on as root at the command line - enter su and then the root password when prompted
2. Change to runlevel 3 - enter init 3
3. Unload the nvidia module (it's never actually been loaded for me, but just in case) - enter rmmod nvidia
<> 4. cd to directory that contains nvidia installer and enter sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-5336-pkg1.run
This will start the text-based install routine. Accept and say yes to all the questions.
5. Run Sax2 to configure your display - enter sax2 -m 0=nvidia (the 0 is a zero)
Regards
Chris